Industrial product design - R&D Tax Benchmark
What proportion of total business expenses do Australian industrial product design typically claim as R&D under the RDTI?
What drives R&D intensity in this sector
Pure styling/aesthetic work is excluded; performance-driven design with measurable hypotheses may qualify.
Sector disclaimer
Industrial design fees billed to clients are not R&D. Eligible work usually involves an internal product line or genuinely novel engineering.
ATO & AusIndustry context
Marketability work falls under the market-research exclusion in s355-25(2)(a); purely aesthetic work generally fails the new-knowledge limb of s355-25.
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Educational benchmark only - not an eligibility test or tax advice. Final eligibility depends on whether your activities meet the s.355-25 / s.355-30 core and supporting R&D definitions and is determined by AusIndustry on registration.